BIG BEAR – The U.S. Forest Service is in need of volunteers to count bald eagles Saturday around mountain lakes in Southern California.

Concurrent bald eagle counts will be held at Big Bear Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Silverwood State Recreation Area, Lake Hemet, Lake Perris State Recreation Area and for the first time at Diamond Valley Lake.

Volunteers are stationed at vantage points around the lakes and they map and record any eagle observations during a one-hour period.

For more information, contact Robin Eliason at the Big Bear Discovery Center for the census at the Lake Arrowhead/Lake Gregory area at 909-382-2832. For Silverwood Lake, contact the park office at 760-389-2281; at Lake Hemet volunteers should contact Ann Poopatanapong at 909-382-2935; at Lake Perris State Park volunteers should contact the park office for information at 951-940-5600; at Diamond Valley Lake volunteers should contact Tammy Toral at 909-926-7201 or by email at ttoral@dvmarina.com. Volunteers usually begin at 8 a.m. or 8:30 a.m.

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